UN Forces Press Seoul Advance as Reds Retreat
UN and South Korean Marines pushed from Inchon toward Seoul with 45-ton Pershing tanks. The UN communique cited light losses for the Allies and higher Red casualties with 300+ prisoners taken. Marines captured Yongdongpo suburb while renewed fighting surged across the Han river toward Seoul proper.
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Inchon
U. S
Seoul
United Nations
Yongdongpo
Han River
U.S
Kimpo
Neung- Kok
Tenth Corps
Bill Ross
Red Army
Korea
South Korea
Sohn Wun Il
Incha
Sohn
Naktong River
First Corps
Taegu
Inchon Frida
Wolmi
Kimpo Airfield
Inchon Harbor
Pyongyang
Wonsan
East Texas Floods Ravage Towns and Power Plants
Heavy rains battered East Texas causing flooding across Marshall Cooper Paris and Stanton. Damages included flooded stores power outages lasting hours and water supply challenges. Bridges and roads were submerged and Lone Cypress and Sulphur rivers rose with crest forecasts.
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Ness
Marshall Plumbing
W. A. George
Eight Mile Creek
Marshall
Caddo Lake
J. W. Schonhardt
Jefferson
Karnack
Harrison County
Jack Gibbons
State
Marion County
Ferrells Bridge
Big Cypress
Gibbons
Paris
Red River
Arthur City
Delta County
Cooper
Doctor's Creek
Court House
D. O. Lowry
Amy
East Texas
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Lake Charles
Houston
Abilene
Cypress
Naples
Sabine
Mount Pleasant
New Haginsport
Boxelder
Texarkana
Wills Point
Youth Overcome By Crop Insecticide Incident
An individual identified as Koerschner from Milwaukee Wisconsin was overcome by crop insecticide late last night. The person was taken to the hospital by private car for treatment.
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Koerschner Indi
Milwaukee
Wis
Truman Fires NLRB Counsel Denham in Feud End
President Truman dismissed Robert N. Denham as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board after a protracted clash with the five board members. The White House cited irreconcilable differences in administering the Taft Hartley act, while Senator Taft condemned the move as a CIO aligned surrender. Denham, 64, a St. Louis native with a varied background, faced sustained attack from union leaders since his appointment three years ago.
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Washington
Truman
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
Mr. Truman
Taft
Ohio
CIO
Political Action Committee
St. Louis
Laborites Face Test in British House of Commons Session
The Labour party holds a paper majority of seven in a 625 seat Commons with three vacancies. Irish nationalists abstaining leave Labour short of a working majority, making government fate hinge on absent and ailing MPs. Churchill pledges repeal if his party returns to power. The iron and steel nationalization act takes effect October 1 with a seven member board to run the industry starting October 2 and to take over by January 1.
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House of Commons
Labor
Ireland
Labor Party
Churchill
Missing C-47 Believed Found Wrecked On Alaskan Mountain
Wreckage believed to be a missing Air Force C-47 was spotted on Mount Susitna about 40 miles northwest of Anchorage. Col. James Posey reported debris scattered near the 4,000 foot level of the 4,200 foot peak with no signs of life. Five crew were aboard when it disappeared en route from Eielson to Elmendorf Air Force Base.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Mount Susitna
Here
James Posey
Sith
Widley
Eielson
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Texas
House Group Labels National Lawyers Guild Communistic
The House un American Activities committee labeled the National Lawyers Guild the legal bulwark of the Communist party and urged its inclusion on the Justice department subversive list. It asked guild members be barred from federal jobs and questioned membership for bar admission. Emerson disputed the report as biased. A separate item notes a convict hidden in a laundry basket from a Dallas jail to move livestock during flooding.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
National Lawyers Guild
Communist Party
Justice Department
American Bar Association
Thomas I. Emerson
Lawyers Guild
House Committee
Emerson
Firefighters quell gasoline pump blaze at James service station
City firemen extinguished a gasoline pump fire near the Corral drive in theater after a car struck the pump. Fog nozzles were used and the flames were put out without injuries. Damage was slight.
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James
Corral Drive
Inchon Scene Shows War's Grim Toll and Mixed Reactions
Descriptions from Inchon depict mangled civilians, wounded marines and Koreans treated at an open street aid station while a Navy hospital ship anchors nearby. Prisoners pass in a white-clad truck as Red symbols and Stalin photographs dot the wrecked harbor. General MacArthur appears in harsh posters amid wary, apathetic locals.
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China
Stalin
General MacArthur
Inchon
Down Payment Rules Cut Prices and Credit Limits Announced
Government measures to curb soaring prices set new consumer credit rules. Down payments rise across autos refrigerators and appliances with payoff limits from 18 to 30 months. Smaller items under $100 exempt from cash down rules while high cost autos above $5,000 and other items over $2,500 receive full exemption.
Soviet Plans Upset Move Toward UN Peace Proposal
Soviet plans claim 115 million Russians signed up to back a drive to outlaw the atom bomb and press the UN to heed the proposal. Vishinsky seeks to force Western defeat by demanding Chinese entry and views Mao as delaying in Korea while aboard the Queen Elizabeth en route to New York for Tuesday’s UN opening.
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Russia
Vishinsky
U. S
China
Security Council
Peiping
Soviet Union
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Korea
New York
Man says Sheriff railroaded to jail in Maine murder case
Maine Atty Gen. Ralph Farris said star witness Sidney Verrill claims Deputy Sheriff Francis Carroll was convicted on false testimony. Verrill spoke in St Louis about alleged perjury, a claim tied to the 1938 Littlefield murder case in which Carroll and Paul Dwyer received life terms. A habeas petition by Bird seeks review. a decision is due in about a week.
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Augusta
Littlefield
Maine
Ralph W. Farris
Francis M. Carroll
Carroll
Sidney Verrill
St. Louis
Farris
Verill
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Dwyer
Verrill
Stanley L. Bird
Albert I. Beliveau
Bird
Cotton Farmers Save Millions on South Plains Battle
The South Plains credit strong early insect identification and wide spread poisoning for a projected 1950 cotton yield above 800000 bales, with losses under 10 percent. Entomologist Carpenter and county agents led demonstrations aiding thousands of farmers to distinguish pests and apply dusting from airplanes, totaling tens of millions of pounds of pesticide use.
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South Plains
Carpenter
K. N. Clapp
Anderson, Clayton & Co
Houston
Clapp
Texas
Texas A&m
Caviness
Texas Tech
Lubbock Cotton Oil Company
U. S
Local court fines and police report thefts in Lubbock
Judge Denton convicts R A Mallow of liquor charges and fines him 113.15 in two cases over incorrect license receipts. Johnny Mustin, a Birmingham soldier, arrested on larceny warrant and waived extradition. Junk iron worth 480.50 stolen from Louie Squier. Dr Pepper Bottling plant burglarized. safe untouched. Rotating list of thefts includes a $60 camera from Horace Humphries and break ins at Doris Turner and J Goggins automative shop. Two youths lose bicycles valued at 25 and 35 with additional pipe theft of 35 from C C Lane.
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Sheriff's Department
Johnny Mustin
Birmingham
Ala
Mustin
George Eubank
Rafe
Louie Squier
Idalou Highway
North Ave. H
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Main
Lee Rice, Jr
L. W. Forrester
W. H. Bertsch
Bertsch
Horace S. Humphries
Thirtieth
Doris Turner
Ave
Weed
Jenkins
Thomas Rogers
C. C. Lane
Lubbock
Births At Local Hospitals Reported This Weekend
Mr and Mrs C A Aathar Post report a daughter born at West Texas Hospital weighing ounces at 3 43 pm Saturday. Mr and Mrs V A Campa of 2123 Tawbuela announce a daughter weighing 11 pounds 12 ounces at 2 18 pm Saturday at Lubock Memorial Hospital. The father is a telephone company employee. Mr and Mrs J A Ratcliff of 1111 Thirty fourth report a son weighing pounds 9 ounces at 4 29 pm Saturday at Porter Clinic Hospital. The Tanner works. Mr and Mrs Edward McNeal of 3616 Pur report a daughter weighing pounds Pounces at Wie3 p m Friday at Porter Clinic Hospital. The father is a porter. Mr and Mrs Peter Stewart of 2418 Glove Srounces announce a son at 10 30 pm Thursday at Porter Clinic Hospital. The father is a laborer. Mr and Mrs Mildrige Green of 2812 Ave How report a son weighing T pounds ounces at 2 35 am Saturday at Porter Elinte Hospital. The father is a service station attendant.
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C. A. Aathar
West Texas
V. A. Canpoa
Tawbuela
Lubsock Memorial Hospital
Telephone Company
3. A. Ratcliff
Ri'Porter Clinic Hospital
Tanner Works
Edward McNeal
Pounces
M. Priday
Porter Clinic
Porter
Peter Stewart
Porter Clinnte Hospital
Mildrige Green
Ave
Porter Elinte Hospital
Father le
Swift Victory at 38th Parallel Cited in Korea Commentary
Officials warn China could risk World War III by aiding North Korea. Washington prepares rapid UN resolution steps to avoid delays. MacArthur’s bold move is seen as aimed at pressuring Mao to restrain intervention. Analysts doubt Mao wants full UN confrontation with the democratic world.
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38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
China
Washington
MacArthur
Mao Tsetung
North Korea
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
United Nations
United States
Orchestra Leader Jack Denny Dies at 56 in Los Angeles
Jack Denny, a leading bandleader of the 1930s and World War One veteran, died Thursday midnight at the James W. Wadsworth Veterans Hospital in West Los Angeles. He was 56 and had achieved fame in his era as a prominent orchestra leader.
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Hollywood
Jack Denny
Denny
James W. Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
West
Los Angeles
Funeral set for Seminole resident Cobb Besancon
Mrs. L C Besancon of Seminole dies at 94. services Monday at 10 a.m. in Seminole First Baptist Church with Alpha Funeral Home handling burial at Seminole Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Donald Zeleny of Lubbock, mother Mrs Dan Cobb of Seminole, brother Gordon of Seminole, four sisters in Lubbock and Seminole, and a grandson.
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Cobb Besancon
Seminole First Baptist Church
Alpha Funeral Home
Seminole Cemetery
Besancon
Donald Zeleny
Lubbock
Dan Cobb
Seminole
Gordon
Roy Davis
Tom Cobb
Dorothy Hargrove
Ora Cobb
Rain Finally Falls on Parched Minnesota Farm Towns
In Clarissa Eagle Bend and Bertha, Sunday prayers joined as the drought broke with a rare soaking rain after 82 dry days. Citizens gathered in a village park as pastors from Methodist Lutheran Catholic Congregational united in worship and song.
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Ronald
F. N. Grose
Father Kampson
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Wayne van Kirk
Little Falls
George Etzel
Clarissa Independent
Clarissa
Korea
Congregational
Minneapolis
Eagle Bend
Bertha
World Council Trials Continue Amid Defense Debates
The council split over timing to finalize details while pressing for immediate steps to organize and arm a strong defense along the eastern line. Discussions covered Franco Spanish issues, price controls on strategic materials, and resumption of big three talks with Acheson, Bevin, and Schuman as UN Assembly opens.
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North Atlantic
Spain
Rébert Schuman
Soviet and Berlin reports clash over alleged U S wreckage claim
Berlin dispatch says authorities deem a U S wreckage tale absurd for a Communist report while noting propaganda from the Soviet side. The clash centers on a claimed Army operation and a so called special commando unit.
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Berlin
Army
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